Description

New Payrate: $18.50 - $21.09 (based upon education and experience)

Are you looking for a supportive school environment with low student-teacher ratios and the ability to make a significant impact on student outcomes? Do you want to join a multi-disciplinary team with a strengths-based approach, emphasizing applied behavior analysis and positive behavior supports? Are you seeking a position that will assist young adults transition from school based programming to community and post education life/vocational skills?

If you answer YES to those questions, considering joining Devereux PA Children's Services as a Job Coach with our Day Academy in Audubon PA.

Shift: 8am-4pm, Monday-Friday (52 week year-long position)

Everyday as a Job Coach you will:

• Directly supervise, train, and coach students within the school and/or in the community

• Work with students to achieve a level of accomplishment and productivity that allows for greater employment independence.

• Work with the team to assess skills and level of functioning/participation

• Document progress and involvement of students

• Provide information and input based on level of participation, functioning and progress to goals

You will be Offered:

• A multi-disciplinary and supportive educational environment

• Strong community connections for job/skill training opportunities

• ASCEND- Career Accelerator Program

• BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY AFTER 30 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT (1st day of the 1st pay period after 30 days)

Devereux Day Academy is a private academic school program located in Audubon PA. Devereux Day Academy is licensed to serve students in grades K-8 who have been identified with the following primary disabilities: Intellectual Disability, Autism, Emotional Disturbance, Specific Learning Disability, and Speech or Language Impairment. The core curriculum has been aligned with the Pennsylvania Core Standards, as well as the curricula of our partner school districts. This alignment will facilitate smooth transitions to and from the program for your students. The goal of the curriculum is to provide students with learning experiences that foster increased engagement and success through differentiated instruction, evidence-based instructional strategies, and rigorous learning expectations.

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Qualifications

EDUCATION: Bachelors degree in education, psychology, social work, or related field preferred. High school diploma required.

EXPERIENCE: Two years experience working with adolescents and young adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and/or behavior disorders in a transition and employment setting preferred.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Posted Date 2 weeks ago (5/9/2024 1:13 PM)

Requisition ID 2024-37254

Category Education

Position Type Full-Time

Remote No

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.